An Iranian court has convicted rapper Toomaj Salehi to death for his support of anti-hijab demonstrations.
The rapper has been behind bars for over a year and a half because to his support of the protest movement that began after Mahsa Amini passed away in 2022, only days after she was arrested for wearing an “improper” hijab.
Branch 1 of Isfahan Revolutionary Court… sentenced Toomaj Salehi to death on the charge of corruption on Earth,” his lawyer Amir Raisian stated on Wednesday.
Salehi was taken into custody in October 2022 after endorsing the anti-hijab demonstrations in public.
After reviewing the case, the Iranian Supreme Court directed the subordinate court to “remove the flaws in the sentence.”
Raisian claimed that the court had, nevertheless, “in an unprecedented move, emphasised its independence and did not implement the Supreme Court’s ruling.”
Raisian said the rapper “will certainly appeal against the sentence.”
